Yeah, life can be unfair sometimes. So, for the ugly and short people, people who have poor communication skills, people who have no connections, etc., we should just say, "Fuck them. I win in life and I got mine. Darwinism prevails."

$15/hour as a minimum wage is a foolish policy, but some people here are so ignorant of the fact that they've probably been the beneficiary of so many advantages compared to other people in this city and country who are just as "hard working" and smart as they are (probably even more so).

To all the hard workers out there: when I in my 20s, I had a Joe-job working as a clerk in a retail store. I was probably one of the hardest working people there, I never made any mistakes, I always looked presentable, and I was personable with customers. However, I was the first to get canned during layoffs because I didn't play the political game and I didn't have fake tits. So much for being hard working, eh?

Totally agree

What bothers me the most is listening to post-secondary graduates who can't pay their student loan (amongst other bills) because they're working a minimum wage job despite having a degree/certificate.

These people obviously have some degree of talent/intelligence/work ethic as those are pretty necessary to succeed at the post-secondary level, yet they just expect to be handed their dream job in whatever fantasy-land field they chose.

The smart thing to do is to choose a field that's in demand and caters to your strengths, even if it's not your dream job.

Once you're making decent money, you can always save up for a few years and go back to school to get your dream job, plus you have something to put on your resume that separates you from the pack of kids. ... And, of course, if it doesn't work out, you still have a decent-paying industry to go back to.

Ultimately, at the end of the day, the higher-ups are going to keep the people that give them the most of what they're looking for. It's up to you to make yourself as valuable as possible in the eyes of the people who control your fate. Not everyone sees hard work as valuable (in fact, it can be detrimental in certain cases).

The other thing is, if what's valuable to them isn't in line with what you have to offer (or are willing to offer), it's probably best that you find another employer, anyways.

You sound bitter, but you really shouldn't be, IMO. I think most of us have had those jobs where our boss(es) doesn't appreciate and/or value us and, ultimately, we'll never be happy and/or successful in that environment. It's best to move on in that case.

Once you have money and your divorce is finalized in your 40's you can bang the shit out of "struggling" female university students

UVic students flock to ?sugar baby? website

He's right. (Tapioca)


Start your own businesses and become as anti-fragile as you can become


Life is all about stepping on others to rise above. When you're on top you can take breaks from counting your money and fucking the hottest women who line up to ride your dick to point down at the struggling masses and say:

"$15 an hour minimum wage? Drop it to $8! Work harder, suckers!"

One last thing, good looking people, especially good looking women, are almost never, ever broke.

The DTES is full of the absolutely ugliest and generally shorter people.

Don't forget this fucking asshole who probably grew up with a silver spoon in his ass:

Poloz?s prescription for unemployed youth: Work for free - The Globe and Mail

You go off on the weirdest tangents.

I also disagree. I've gotten success primarily by helping others. If you're insecure about your abilities, you step on people. If you're confident in your abilities, you know if won't hurt you to help others better themselves.

Uliq I'm all for improving everyone's lives but I honestly think raising the minimum wage to $15/hr will cause more harm than good. We don't have a handful of huge industries (labour/manufacturing) that capture the majority of the minimum wage jobs. If that were the case it might be acceptable since only those several companies would receive a hit in a form of reduced bonuses for those at the top of the pyramid. But the situation is vancouver is relatively a small business and a service based economy. If the minimum wage suddenly jumps from $10.25/hr to $15/hr a lot of places would cut their staff or close. People that jump quickly to support this idea because they don't realize the consequences. The campaign for this should really be "we'll raise the minimum wage to $15/hr but half of you might become unemployed, glhf". Yes it sucks for those struggling to support a family but you have an option to get a second job. It's not ideal but you gotta do what you gotta do. Options. There are a lot more options available to those immigrants to make a living here than they ever had in their home country. Options. Probably more life options than they ever had in their lives. When you're given options people need to educate themselves about it. Those poor and overpopulated countries have limited options or lack the education when it comes to birth control, or it's something that's frowned upon on in their culture.

So my point is options. Options, options, options. There a lot options to fixing the problem but there is no one option that will fix everything. There are also options for people to stop bitching about their current situation and head towards greener meadows. I feel like this cry for $15/hr minimum wage is trying to place a single band-aid on a wound that clearly needs several stitches. I agree with raising the minimum wage but only on par to Ontario's $11. The petition should really just be looked at like a craigslist ad. Post your item up for more knowing you're gonna get less than your asking price.

The job market is fcked but really no matter how good it is we'll never be satisfied. The job market is different from what it was before because of technology. Before people we're skilled/specialized to do one or two things and stay in that field until they retired. Also everything back then required greater man power. Today everyone's a jack of all trades, changing careers many times in a lifetime, all this made possible by technology. Technology is our greatest resource because like money it allows us to do whatever the fck we want and it allows us to do pursue it efficiently and effectively.

To answer Timpo's question...

I don't think the quality of education has gone down if you are talking about post-secondary education, I don't have any kids so I cannot comment on elementary, secondary education.

I think the choices that are made by students for their post-secondary education need to be smarter. BUT I also agree that education is getting more and more unaffordable across the board. I cannot believe that my gf is paying upwards and over of 3000 a semester at SFU for 4 or so classes. That's INSANE! And I believe it's more expensive for other people.

I think you're wrong tbh, simply because the entire point of education is to prepare youth for adulthood. And managing money, basic economics, proper budgeting, is a HUGE part of what separates "money-savvy" people from those who are drowning in debt. I'm a firm believer that education breeds understanding, which breeds smart choices. Look at pregnancy/STD rates before and after schools made sex education (think Planning 10) mandatory.

I think it's ridiculous that Economics 12 - which was IMO more useful to me than any other course - was an elective, while everyone was expected to do Math, Science, all that other stuff. When was the last time you had to factor a polynomial equation and wasn't allowed to get a computer to do it for you? I am willing to bet, for most people not since the Math 12 provincial exam lol.

That's what I mean when I say our education system is fucked. Like Big Sean said (and I can't believe I'm quoting this atm lol) "Why can't schools teach more mathematics, less trigonometry and all about taxes.. they at the chalkboard be teaching us ass-backwards, how 'bout preparing us for life instead of lab ratters?" My point is that education system should be less about teaching all that abstract BS and more about stuff that applies to how 99% of people live their daily lives. Not that there's anything wrong with knowing abstract stuff, but people should know the basics first. Which is why I also think basic Home Economics should be part of a mandatory curriculum...

And post-secondary education (or the inflation of it, rather) is a HUGE economic problem IMO. You have people who are thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of dollars in debt before they even move out. Not to mention a university degree doesn't guarantee a good job, plenty of people at my previous McJobs had degrees and were still making $12-14/hr...

^ A degree alone won't guarantee a job because the job market today is very competitive. Universities offer a lot of extra-curricular activities such as clubs, volunteering, exchange programs, co-op (internships), case competitions, and networking events to gain experience. The people you knew that took 6 courses/semester to graduate early, did they do anything else aside from going to school during the 4 years?

The good thing about trades is that it forces you to gain working experience before you can move onto second or third year, etc. If you're getting a degree, no one is going to force you to do extra-curricular activities, and the responsibility lies upon the individual.

I never needed a job or education only if I want to, I always had $ because im 6'1 and good- looking. Feel sorry for the guys 5'7 under and need to work for $15.

Imo guys making min. wage should not reproduce, women should go for real men making $250,000 year and over

its 90% luck, 10% hard work.

Oh Diesel_Test you so crazy.....no really, you're elevator gets stuck halfway up. Whatever happened to the rule about one account? Ban this idiot again please.

getting a job to make more money is if you only want to stay regular and date regular _____:lol

im giving honest mature opinions on the subject

Also a lot to do with who you know rather than what you know.


How many people here have worked with someone or under someone who got their position simply for being friends with the owner of the company?


People will say it is "bitter" to think like that, but the truth is often hard to swallow so people just eat up pleasant lie after pleasant lie.

"Work hard, go to school, you'll make it!"

Yes, you'll make it alright... venti americano please

This guy has a point though.

If an employer has two candidates for a job, both are fresh University grads from the same program, grades are close, one candidate has volunteer experience in a related field and the other doesn't, guess who the employer is going to choose?

My sister is a good example, she's a recent university grad. Two of the biggest contributing factors to her getting hired in her latest job is:

1. Volunteering at the Children's Hospital
2. Coaching kids soccer

I'm willing to bet that those two things did more to get her hired than her UBC degree.

What field did your sister get hired in?

Medical

We should isolate multicartural and diesel_test to their own thread where they can circle-jerk each other with their fantasies of living the dream.

$12 seems reasonable, $15 is just absurd.

Exactly, but if they ask for $15 they'll most likely end up getting $12.

wait so is it under 5'7" or 5'7" and under? I need to know if i'm a peasant that needs pity.

we should merge his accounts and keep him un-banned. his previous usernames were better so might as well clean it up.